Read this and apply it to your life

Found on a neat blog that people might enjoy. There's some cool stuff done with type that you might be interested in, Jo :)

Semi-Permanent

Semi-Permanent 2010 - New Zealand’s largest annual design gathering and the only event of its kind in Australasia.

Semi-Permanent is a celebration of all things design - graphics, fashion, animation, illustration, motion graphics, typography, sound design, live audio-visual art, interactive and experiential marketing, fine art, music, product design and more.

S H O R T I M A G I N E D
M O N O L O G U E S .

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SUBWAY
SANDWICH ARTIST'S
STATEMENT.

BY JONATHAN TUCKER BELL

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This work of mine is called Sunset, though any sense of peacefulness that it conveys is ironic. I think I've made it obvious that the even rows of roast beef are a satirical comment on the 1931 Iowa Cow War. By referencing the unrest of the past, I comment on the uncertainty of our own times. In this way, the meat speaks to us all in a sort of bovine anthem: "We are all mad cows." The sandwich creates a constant tension between diametrical opposites: animal vs. vegetable, chewy vs. crisp, savory vs. sweet.

I haven't worked extensively in roast beef—I'm more experienced in turkey and ham—but recently I've learned a great deal experimenting in this new medium. I've been trying to push myself with new textures and colors. I love the way the meat has a sort of iridescence that dances across its surface like the dusk-red sun atop the stippled sea. But the most interesting thing about beef is that this glittering quality can also recall the fireworks of battle or the glint in a vengeful lover's eye. A single slice of beef can contain worlds.

What I'm doing with green peppers represents a departure from previous treatments. Rather than deliberately placing them on the meat, I let the latex-gloved hand of fate take control as I scatter the chopped capsicum across the folded beef. I try to maintain a delicate(ssen) balance between elements of order and chaos. My work explores that middle ground where human will and cosmic destiny collide.

My work represents the struggle between animalistic instinct and high reason. The nine-grain wheat bread you see recalls the nine mythological muses, paragons of human creativity and intellect. The yeast, integral in my artistic process, illustrates the rise and dominance of man. He covers and masks his animal core, but my work makes visible the inescapable human dichotomy between doughy brain and sliced-protein gut.

Fontsmith.

If your still looking into your architectural type specification book jo you may like this, stumbled across it tonight. Spin is the name of Patricia Finegan's design practice, it's under 'New Work', 'Fontsmith'

Competitors

Cube Design
Harvey Cameron
TKO
Strategy
Red Dot Design
Q
Deflux
Beck and Caul
Plato Design
AMG

Sight Unseen

Bread House

I thought you guys might enjoy this installation. Its literally a house made of bread! Urs Fischer does lots of interesting scultpure/installation stuff which you guys can check out on this website. 

Platonov Pavel

Platonov Pavel, plays around in some of his photography with the same kind of things you are rachel, may be of interest to you.

Review of The Chained Lady

Incase anyone hasn't come across it yet here's the link on eye contact to the review of the show

C1

Does anyone know what's happening with C1 tomorrow?

Also something for Jo

Just found this guy Stephen Doyle who makes paper sculptures from books, here's an article on him if you wanna check it out.

Seeing as you asked...

Ella, the artist I was talking about who works with light/shadow which I thought might be kind relevant is Ann Veronica Janssens, check out this website, its got the best info I could find.

Hey Soph could you post that artist you were telling me about?

H2o

Bigups to water.

Here is the link to the other set designer who I thought was quite interesting http://vimeo.com/10803790

Hey Guys these are pretty cool you can get them for photoshop or indesign, they show all the shortcuts for the programs. Here is the link.

Alex Turvey interview

http://leviscraftwork.com/craftworkers/alex-turvey/

http://koikoikoi.com/

Not sure if this site have been shared before. There might be some interesting work on this site for everyone to look at.

cheers

http://koikoikoi.com/2010/02/coffee-cup-illustrations-by-boy-obsolete/#more-8102

Hey Mel, found this artist who cuts into magazine covers and turns them into some sort of art form. He's work is a bit different from what you did but might be different and interesting to look at.

http://koikoikoi.com/2010/06/altered-magazine-covers-by-christopher-coppers/#more-10043